I bet the KT7A is gone. Bad luck on it. If you still have any warranty on
it, change it without any delay, before it's too late.
Normally, if you even couldn't get correct display in DOS mode, it's only
related to either the mobo or video card (at rare situation, it could be
incompatible problem). Since now you couldn't get it to post, 99.99% mobo
problem.
If you still want to try, remove everything, only leave video, RAM, CPU and
mobo, see if you can get post (and display normally). If anything still
goes wrong, don't waste your time.
Jun Qian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Sugden" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:29 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] problems booting KT7A
> I put my system of a second hand KT7A motherboard, a 1.2 gig Athlon, 256
pc133 RAM, with components of my old system, my 8.4 GB maxtor 5400 hdd, my
floppy and cd drive, as well as Sb and Elsa Erazor LT G graphix card
together, but I have been unable to make it work succesfully. The first
boot, it got the processor speed wrong and missed the cd drive, as well as
having blocks of colour and missing letters dotted around the screen. When I
get into BIOS it crashes, normally when looking at the hdd. Every boot
since, it has set a different speed for the CPU, and has started missing the
RAM memory. Then it started failing to read the hdd. Now the power switch
will only turn it on, it doesn't turn it off, and I can't get a display on
screen. The monitor turns on, but it has a black screen. I've tried two
graphix cards and two monitors. I've reset CMOS several times, but it still
has the same problems. I've disconnected all my peripherals, so I'm left
with floppy, hdd and graphix card. The fans work, I get the power LED, but
it doesn't beep. Suggestions have ranged from changing the RAM to getting a
new BIOS chip, but I need to sort my display first. Any suggestions on the
best possible route to recovery. Out of ideas.
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